This protocol describes a method to establish a human blood-brain barrier (BBB) in vitro model. The endothelial cells and pericytes are seeded on each side of an insert filter (blood compartment), and astrocytes are seeded in the bottom well (brain compartment). The model characterized was used for nanoparticles transport experiments.
Rizzi, E., Deligne, C., Dehouck, L., Bilardo, R., Sano, Y., Shimizu, F., Kanda, T., Resmini, M., Gosselet, F., Dehouck, M., Mysiorek, C. A Triple Culture Cell System Modeling the Human Blood-Brain Barrier. J. Vis. Exp. (177), e63134, doi:10.3791/63134 (2021).